Monday, May 20, 2013

Underwater
photography is actually not a new concept in the world of photography. William Thompson in 1856, based on the record, takes the first
underwater photos using a camera mounted on a pole. In subsequent periods
many names popping successfully introduced this kind of concept, from Louis
Boutan, John Ernest Williamson, until Bruce Mozert, which emerged in the
1930s. Underwater photography can be done with a variety of purposes, such
as science or conceptual, including fashion photography which began to enter
the underwater world.

Alix
Malka, certainly is one of the few fashion photographers who should be at the
forefront of ever doing underwater shots. Born in the south of France and got his fine art degree in Aix en
Provence, Malka moved to New York in 2002 and started his fashion and beauty
photography career in earnest.It
was worth putting his work after a series of photographs "Fairy Tales Come
Alive" by Zena Holloway. Some of the photos you see here have also been published in
a Japanese magazine, Numero Tokyo.

Seeing all of his final touch, let's go back to
its roots: exposure to the beauty of the dresses used looks well executed. This is an advantage of
the underwater shot, where the overall flow always seems more dramatic. The
water naturally move existing elements in a more slow and smooth better than
the wind. Flat expression of the model with closed eyes is very safely take,
this would make our first focus will be on
the dress, rather than the model's gaze.Firmness of body gestures, checked! Obviously this is the
result of collaboration between the models with Malka who managed to capture
the best moments.

His perfectionism took him to the top. He has quickly become involved with prestigious magazines such as Numéro, Harper’s Bazaar, Flair and numerous international editions of Vogue. His first exhibition was “In Fashion Photo / Art Basel 2009” followed by an exhibition in a Soho Gallery in New York 2010. Today he is one of the most in demand photographers by the internationalmagazines, who draws inspiration from the like of Pedro Almodovar and JohnWater, and designers like Alexander McQueen and John Galliano.

Art and make-up,
its the same blur as art and fashion, or even art and architecture, the art is
universal, interrelated to each other with a lot of aspects. The work that you
see above is probably the proof of the universality of art. Created by make-up
artist andIllamasqua's
Creative Director Alex Box. This one work made ​​on human skin, taking Cubism as its theme, an early-20th-century
avant-garde art movement pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque. Geometric lines clearly
revealed through color contrast which is dominated by red and white, with
purple as an accent. Also can be seen a bit of glitter effect, bringing a
dramatic and futuristic look. What makes this work more
special, is a touch of Alex, which really makes it look like a painting, could
outwit anyone who saw it for the first time. Aside from her "Picasso", this work somehow looks like a combination of two other famous
painting, The Mona Lisa (La Gioconda or La Joconde), a half-length portrait of
a woman by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci and the famous painting Girl
with a Pearl Earring (Dutch: Het Meisje met de Parel) by Dutch painter Johannes
Vermeer. This is not the only work of Alex, below are a few other
works with a variety of themes, from top to bottom, here they are...

Monday, May 13, 2013

Faced
with this one sculpture collection, it seems I'm looking at paintings in the
style of cubism which is quite brilliant, but in fact what I see is a series of
sculptural works of a French-born American artist Armand Pierre Fernandez
(1928-2005). In the series "Musical Instruments", he presented a wide
variety of musical instrument sculptures shaped, mostly guitar, with the
material used is bronze. In my view, he seemed to realize his imagination about
the components that make up an object, in this case music instruments, which
basically had been created with the physical form which is beautiful and
artistic. Certainly not easy to sort out the beauty of the shape of the
instrument to be restated as a distinct form which still has a beautiful
appearance, but Armand did it. It's like looking at a split 3D puzzle with
clear lines, moving in all directions, but still beautiful to behold.

I've
visited his website, and found a lot of his amazing work,
not all are in the style of "cubism" as I look at the three works below.
Some of my other favorites from this series are Stelle Violin, Mother and Child, plus his Accord Final from the series of Arman's Orchestra.

ARMAN BIOGRAPHY (1928 – 2005)

“I specialize very much
in… everything,” the French-born American artist Arman told an interviewer in
1968. “I have never been — how do you say it? A dilettante.” Regarded as one of
the most prolific and inventive creators of the late 20th century, Arman’s vast
artistic output ranges from drawings and prints to monumental public sculpture
to his famous “accumulations” of found objects. His work—strongly influenced by
Dada, and in turn a strong influence on Pop Art—is in the collections of such
institutions as the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Tate Gallery in
London and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Combining sketch and
photograph? If we talk about it 3 years ago may still be sound not familiar,
but now with the emergence of modern artists who apply these concepts in their
work, it seems not a new concept anymore. Ben Heine, an artist from Belgium who
I interviewed last year (read again here) may be one of the pioneers who managed to bring this
concept perfectly. It is undeniable, "Pencil vs. Camera" is a
masterpiece, not only about the work itself, but the overall packaging that Ben
gave to the whole series. Combination of real photos and pencil (which can also
be done through the software such as Photoshop. How? find out here) is a result of the exploration
of the imagination of the creator, so every artist can have different styles
though using the same tool and technique. This kind of work is always able to
lead the audience into the artist’s imagination. In 2013, we found two other
artists, which I think do this well, they are Dan Lester, a young artist based
in Leeds, England and Sébastien Del Grosso, a photographer based in Ecouen, France.
Next we will look at both their works...

Dan
Lester

Most of his work took a
plain background with shades of warm beige.. not elaborate sketches, but
somehow the whole combination made ​​by Dan could be seen to be so attractive,
look soft and very pleasant in my eyes, though he drew his legs as the legs of
the monster. Danny took his picture and some of his friends as the focus of
this project, create an imagination about what might happen to them, which
perhaps not possible in the real world. One of my favorites is the one where he
made another version of himself who were strangling himself, ok confusing ..
just look at the picture! looks very much alive. Apparently, not so much
editing on the original image, making it look so natural, plus the proper
placement and composition while sketches made with simple lines. Even one
simple stroke seems to have been considered enough for him. For me personally,
it makes it seem not so "popping up", but the end result makes it not
so important anymore. Warm and fun, Well done!

Now about "The sketch of a life" by Sébastien Del Grosso. Taking a gray background with light centered
in the middle, making our view be focused to the displacement of the original
photo to sketch. It seems he took a realistic theme, not about his ideas, but
more to its application, it can be seen from the sketches that close to the
actual shape, it's like being continued, except for one of his works which he
drew another figure as a rabbit, one of my favorites! Scratches on his sketch
looks bold, and it seems that he outsmarted by changing the contrast of the
original photo. What a good idea, because in the end result, all can be seen
together in harmony. However for Sébastien I hope to see more versions, more
"rabbits", perhaps?

"Catch & Sketch" - Behind the scene.

In this series "The sketch of a life", I wanted to
illustrate my life, like my sketches gave birth to each of his actions or by
intervension of someone I are close (for example in “sketch your mentor” with
the intervention of my grandmother who taught me in the drawing), or events
that have been important to me (like in “sketch the life” with the birth of my
daughter “Cataleya”), but also with something a little more humorous (in “Catch
& Sketch” for example with the intervention of my friend Cal Redback, or in
“sketch and fight” with a battle of two artists with each his technique).

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Todd Anthony Tyler is
regarded by fashion insiders as a pre-eminent photographer and art director. He
is also resident photographer and judge on Asia’s Next Top Model. For more information about his work, please visit www.toddanthonytyler.com

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